The capacity of the Barauni refinery will be raised to 9 MMTPA, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday. The current capacity of the refinery is 6 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum.
Pradhan, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Bihar, also announced that his department will launch a slew of oil and gas related projects in Bihar with investment of Rs25,000 crore. Several such projects are already in different stages of construction, including the petro chemical complex at Barauni, he said.
"The refining capacity of the Barauni refinery will be raised to nine MMTPA from six MMTPA at present," he said, while addressing the Golden Jubilee function of the Barauni refinery located about 125 km from the state capital.
Augmenting the refining capacity of the Barauni refinery comprised only "Payment in instalment" among various promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Gandhi Maidan for development of Bihar in the event of being elected to power at the Centre before lok Sabha polls, Pradhan said.